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October 20, 2025 ·7:00 PM Final ·The meeting will be live broadcast. See meeting notice for details.

Council Chambers

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Agenda — 61 items

  1. 1 CALL TO ORDER; ROLL CALL
  2. 2 MOMENT OF REFLECTION
  3. 3 PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
  4. 4 DISPENSE WITH THE JOURNAL approved Pass
  5. 5 PUBLIC COMMENT
  6. 6 REPORTS AND COMMUNICATIONS
  7. 7 •Communications
  8. 8 From Mayor's Appointments Committee. Recommending approval of the Mayor's appointment of Anthony R. Whitfield ( File No. 1275-2025) to the City Planning Commission, six-year term ending October 10th, 2031. Without objection, the appointment is approved. 1344-2025 approved Pass
  9. 9 From Mayor's Appointments Committee. Recommending approval of the Mayor's appointment of Shanelle Smith Whigham ( File No. 1278-2025) to the Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority Board - New Appointment term ending March 2027. Without objection, the appointment is approved. 1345-2025 approved Pass
  10. 10 From Mayor's Appointments Committee. Recommending approval of the Mayor's appointment of Michele Anderson ( File No. 1279-2025) to the Landmarks Commission, Re-appointment term ending August 1, 2029. without objection, the appointment is approved. 1346-2025 approved Pass
  11. 11 From Mayor's Appointments Committee. Recommending approval of Mayor's appointment of Robert Strickland ( File No. 1279-2025) to the Landmark Commission, Re-Appointment term ending August 1, 2029. Without objection, the appointment is approved. 1347-2025 approved Pass
  12. 12 From Mayor's Appointments Committee. Recommending approval of the Mayor's appointment of Raymond Tarasuck Jr., ( File No. 1279-205) to the Landmark Commission, Re-Appointment term ending August 1, 2029. Without objection, the appointment is approved. 1348-2025 approved Pass
  13. 13 From Mayor's Appointments Committee. Recommending approval of the Mayor's appointment of Julie Trott ( File No. 1279-2025) to the Landmark Commission , Re-Appointment term ending August 1, 2029. Without objection, the appointment is approved. 1349-2025 approved Pass
  14. 14 SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS
  15. 15 •Condolence; Moment of Silence
  16. 16 Condolence Resolution for George Hood 1326-2025 read into the record
  17. 17 Condolence Resolution for Sister Matilda Jeanette Goings 1327-2025 read into the record
  18. 18 Condolence Resolution for Marvin William Reid 1329-2025 read into the record
  19. 19 Condolence Resolution for Bettie Jean Spragin 1330-2025 read into the record
  20. 20 Condolence Resolution for Jahari Stegall 1331-2025 read into the record
  21. 21 •Congratulations/Recognition/Appreciation/Commendation/Commemoration/Welcome
  22. 22 Congratulations Resolution for Father Anthony Simone 1332-2025 read into the record
  23. 23 Congratulations Resolution for Golden Cyphers 25th Anniversary 1333-2025 read into the record
  24. 24 Congratulations Resolution for Clara Lee Clinkscales-Parker 1334-2025 read into the record
  25. 25 Congratulations Resolution for Patricia Winn Retirement 1335-2025 read into the record
  26. 26 Recognition Resolution for Lee Memorial AME Church 1336-2025 read into the record
  27. 27 Recognition Resolution for Chris Bean 1337-2025 read into the record
  28. 28 Recognition Resolution for Carmen Farley 1338-2025 read into the record
  29. 29 Recognition Resolution for Alex Kowalski 1339-2025 read into the record
  30. 30 Recognition Resolution for Brennan Eggers 1340-2025 read into the record
  31. 31 PRESENTATIONS
  32. 32 FIRST READING LEGISLATION
  33. 33 •Emergency Ordinances Referred
  34. 34 AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE Authorizing the Director of Finance to enter into an amendment to Contract No. CT 0114 PS 2023-0002 with the Child Care Resource Center of Cuyahoga County, dba Starting Point, for additional funds for eighteen eligible households to continue to provide funding for early childhood education for the Department of Finance. 1315-2025 read and referred to administrative review
  35. 35 AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE Authorizing the Director of Parks and Recreation to execute a deed of easement granting to Cedar Redevelopment Phase IV LLC certain easement rights in property located on East 26th Street between Central Avenue and Community College Avenue and declaring the easements rights no longer needed for public use. 1316-2025 read and referred to administrative review
  36. 36 AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE Authorizing the Director of Port Control to employ one or more professional consultants to provide financial and accounting consulting services, for a period of one year with three one-year options to renew, exercisable by the Director of Port Control. 1317-2025 read and referred to administrative review Fail
  37. 37 AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE Authorizing the Director of Port Control to employ one or more professional consultants to provide on-call asset management services, for a period of one year, with three one-year options to renew, exercisable by the Director of Port Control. 1318-2025 read and referred to administrative review
  38. 38 AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE Designating Old John Marshall High School Building as a Cleveland Landmark. 1321-2025 read and referred to administrative review
  39. 39 AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE Authorizing the Director of Public Health to enter into an agreement with Case Western Reserve University, Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Sciences, for professional services necessary to continue programming through First Year Cleveland; and authorizing any agreements needed to implement such programming, for a period of two years. 1322-2025 read and referred to administrative review
  40. 40 AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE Authorizing the Mayor and the Directors of Law, Parks and Recreation, Port Control, and/or the Office of Capital Projects, as appropriate, to enter into one or more agreements and/or amendments to the Lease by Way of Concession with the Browns, or their designees, to effectuate the terms and conditions in the Settlement Term Sheet regarding the relocation of the Cleveland Browns to the City of Brook Park and the demolition of Huntington Bank Field; determining the method of making the public improvement of designing and performing demolition and site preparation of such sports facility and other structures, and designing and constructing various Lakefront Improvements; authorizing other professional service contracts; accepting gifts and grants; and establishing the Community Benefits Project and the Lakefront Development Subfunds. 1325-2025 read and referred to administrative review
  41. 41 AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE Authorizing the purchase by one or more standard and requirement contracts for the purchase, lease, or lease with option to purchase, of various on-road vehicles, apparatus, and off-road equipment, cabs, bodies and accessories, equipment, and other aftermarket items necessary to equip the vehicles authorized for their intended purposes, including vehicle rehabilitation, training, and inspections, as needed, for the Department of Public Works. 1350-2025 read and referred to administrative review
  42. 42 AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE Authorizing the procurement by one or more requirement contracts of the rental of large capacity trucks with operators, for the Division of Streets, Department of Public Works, for a period of one year with two one-year options to renew, exercisable by the Director of Public Works. 1351-2025 read and referred to administrative review
  43. 43 •Emergency Ordinances Read in Full and Passed
  44. 44 AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE Authorizing the issuance of a Mobile Permit to Rhonda Dozier to engage in mobile vending in Ward 11. 1312-2025 approved Pass
  45. 45 AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE Consenting and approving the issuance of a permit for the Cleveland Cocoa Run 5K, February 7, 2026, managed by Hermes Sports & Events. 1313-2025 approved Pass
  46. 46 AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE Authorizing the Director of the Department of Aging to enter into agreement with Senior Transportation Connection for the Senior Transportation Open House and Resource Fair for the public purpose of providing an opportunity to connect with city services as well as increase awareness of available transportation options to Cleveland residents through the use of Ward 16 Casino Revenue Funds. 1319-2025 approved Pass
  47. 47 AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE Approving the collective bargaining agreement with the Utility Workers Union of America, AFL-CIO, Local 270; and to amend Section 12 of Ordinance No. 194-2021, passed March 29, 2021, as amended, relating to compensation for various classifications. 1323-2025 approved Pass
  48. 48 •Emergency Resolutions Read in Full and Adopted
  49. 49 AN EMERGENCY RESOLUTION Objecting to the transfer of location of a D5, Liquor Permit to 1105 Carnegie Avenue. 1314-2025 adopted Pass
  50. 50 AN EMERGENCY RESOLUTION Objecting to the transfer of ownership of a D2, D2X, and D3 Liquor Permit to 500 West St. Clair Avenue. 1320-2025 adopted Pass
  51. 51 AN EMERGENCY RESOLUTION Supporting the students and station members working to regain access to the 89.3 FM radio frequency and urging Cleveland State University to fully restore WCSB radio to its students. 1324-2025 adopted Pass
  52. 52 SECOND READING LEGISLATION
  53. 53 •Emergency Ordinances Passed
  54. 54 AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE Designating Former Cleveland Fire Department Engine Company 26 Station House as a Cleveland Landmark. 1083-2025 approved Pass
  55. 55 AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE Designating the Tamir Rice Butterfly Memorial as a Cleveland Landmark. 1084-2025 approved Pass
  56. 56 AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE Authorizing the Mayor and the Commissioner of Purchases and Supplies to sell certain City-owned property no longer needed for the City’s public use located on East 90th Street to Ortho School Properties LLC, or its designee, for purposes of developing a hotel. 1223-2025 adopted as amended Pass
  57. 57 INTRODUCTIONS
  58. 58 ANNOUNCEMENTS
  59. 59 MISCELLANEOUS
  60. 60 MOTION TO EXCUSE THE ABSENCES approved Pass
  61. 61 ADJOURN